How LULAC Lost Its Way

LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens), the nation’s oldest Hispanic community organization, will hold its national convention in Cincinnati, OH at the end of June. The theme of this year’s convention is called“Bridging the Gap: Expanding the Latino Agenda into New Frontiers”, however LULAC seems to be burning bridges and isolating itself from main stream America.

LULAC was founded in 1929 in Texas with an ideology of assimilation which preached that Mexican Americans should integrate into America society by learning English and embracing Anglo-American values such as individualism and capitalism. LULAC even supported restrictions in immigration because new immigrants brought with them their native culture, limited English proficiency, and tended to work for critically low wages and compete for jobs with working class Mexican Americans.

Eighty two years later, LULAC has changed its ideology in an opposite direction. Rather than encouraging Hispanics to integrate into American society, they want the Spanish language to stand equally with English. Under the guise of diversity, LULAC has helped to isolate and segregate many Hispanics.

Also, LULAC seems have forsaken the values of individualism and capitalism in favor of collectivism and socialism. In the past 40 years, LULAC has repeatedly supported government funded programs that have made Hispanics more dependent on the government instead encouraging personal independence. In fact, LULAC has supported the Obama administrations programs that have promoted government growth and influence, and hampered capital growth. Furthermore, by trying to create an identifiable voting bloc, LULAC advocated for segregating Hispanic communities such as in the creation of Hispanic dominant congressional districts.

Perhaps the greatest change in LULAC’s ideology is their position on immigration. LULAC supports and advocates for illegal aliens. They have protested federal immigration law enforcement and promoted amnesty for the estimated 20 million illegal aliens in the U.S. It does not seem to matter that illegal aliens broke the law by entering the U. S. illegally, nor does it seem to matter that illegal aliens contribute to the problems in Hispanic communities. It also does not seem matter that illegal aliens compete with Hispanics for low skilled jobs.

Liberal Hispanics have hijacked an old and prestigious community organization and turned it into a leftist political group whose goal seems to be to further divide American society. Rather than helping the Hispanics to follow the route of other immigrants who have transformed their children into Americans, they want to maintain a separate and distinct communal identity so they can create a voting bloc for professional Hispanic politicians.

Once upon a time, LULAC worked to help Hispanics achieve the American dream. Today, LULAC’s liberal leaders seem to feel that America owes Hispanics and illegal aliens something. They seem to care only about a liberal Latino agenda. It is a shame that LULAC lost its way.